Winter Destination Honeymoon

I did not do a cold weather honeymoon since I live in the northeast, but some places to check out would be Colorado, a B&B in Vermont, a cabin in upstate New York in the Catskills, or the Poconos also has ski resorts.

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These are great suggestions! You could also look into Alaskan cruises!

I agree with PP, the Northeast is beautiful in the early Winter; especially New York. You could also do an Alaskan cruise.

What kind of activities do you want to do on your honeymoon? Are you looking for more of a relaxing trip or do you want to do adventurous things like skiing or snowboarding? Shopping? Breckenridge would be great for both relaxing and activities. Gatlinburg, TN is great for relaxing and shopping.

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Thanks for all the suggestions. Relaxing is a must and we would love a good spa experience. We have talked about skiing and are open to it; however, we both would be beginners considering I haven't skied since childhood and my fiancé has never done it. Ice skating and sleigh rides were also on our list. As Floridians, we don't get a traditional white Christmas and we want our honeymoon to give us that feeling. So far we've looked primarily at Colorado, specifically vail and Breckenridge. But nothing is set in stone.

We have done a lot of winter trips because we love winter and the snow! And we are from New England so sometimes it’s just better to get out and embrace it. We’ve done Lake Placid, NY which was a lot of fun...you can ski, snowshoe, snowmobile, plus they have all of the Olympic spaces, we did a horse drawn sleigh ride into the mountains. And they have a cute little downtown area with shops and restaurants. We’ve also gone to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. They have the ice castles every year which are a lot of fun to see. There’s also a lot of skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and tubing in the mountains. We did a snowmobile tour which was a LOT of fun and great for beginners. They also had an off-road vehicle at one of the places in Lincoln we visited that took us up through the mountains and that was a lot of fun. So I would definitely suggest those two places from experience.

Lake Tahoe! There are a few beautiful resorts but also a lot of Airbnbs.
There are a few nice ski resorts around Tahoe if you do want to do that for a day.
There are a lot of very cute little towns. I recommend Truckee (closer to another lake but about 15-20min from Tahoe) or Tahoe City (right on the lake).South Lake Tahoe is also a great town, that’s the biggest in the area and is very touristy with lots to do.The best resort is probably Edgewood but it is quite pricey. The Landing Resort & Spa is where I got married and they have beautiful rooms.You can look also at the Hyatt in Incline Village, that’s on the NV side so it has a casino but also access to a private beach, obviously not to swim but it will be very pretty.There is normally snow in February, just be careful because it can snow a lot so if you plan on getting a car you might have to put on chains.You can fly into either Sacramento (1-2hr drive away) or Reno (45min-1h15 drive away). Lake Tahoe is beautiful and breathtaking. I live in Reno so I’m there every weekend, if you have any questions feel free to ask! Here’s a picture of my last weekend skiing.

Alaskan cruise would be nice! Check with a local travel agent to see if they can get you some good deals and help you pick out the best option for yourself!

View Quoted Comment I thought about suggesting that but I remembered Alaskan cruises usually end by October for the season. Lake Tahoe would be fun. There are some really nice places in the Finger Lakes in NY.